fsck.cpm - check a CP/M file system
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Description
fsck.cpm is used to check and repair a CP/M file system. After reading the directory, it makes two
passes. The first pass checks extent fields for range and format violations (bad status, extent number,
last record byte count, file name, extension, block number, record count, size of .COM files, time stamp
format, invalid password characters, invalid time stamp mode). The second pass checks extent
connectivity (multiple allocated blocks and duplicate directory entries).
fsck.cpm can not yet repair all errors.
Diagnostics
image: used/total files (n.n% non-contiguos), used/total blocks
No inconsistencies could be found. The number of used files actually is the number of used
extents. Since a file may use more than one extent, this may be greather than the actual number
of files, but a correct measure would not reflect how many files could still be created at most.
A file is considered fragmented, if sequential data blocks pointed to by the same extent do not
have sequential block numbers. The number of used blocks includes the blocks used for system
tracks and the directory.
Environment
CPMTOOLSFMT Default format
Errors
Any errors are indicated by exit code 1.
Files
/etc/cpmtools/diskdefs CP/M disk format definitions
Name
fsck.cpm - check a CP/M file system
Options
-fformat
Use the given CP/M disk format instead of the default format.
-Tlibdsk-type
libdsk driver type, e.g. tele for Teledisk images or raw for raw images (requires building
cpmtools with support for libdsk).
-n Open the file system read-only and do not repair any errors.
-u Show all CP/M file names in upper case.
Return Value
Upon successful completion, exit code 0 is returned.
See Also
fsck(8), mkfs.cpm(1), cpm(5) CP/M tools November 2, 2022 FSCK.CPM(1)
Synopsis
fsck.cpm [-fformat] [-n] [-u] image
